D’Evelyn (4A), Denver Christian (2A) and Heritage Christian (1A) all joined their respective girls basketball rankings this week.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, they are released each Monday.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Regis Jesuit (5)
10-2
86
1
3-0
2
Ralston Valley (1)
10-1
83
4
1-0
3
Highlands Ranch (2)
11-3
81
2
2-0
4
Grandview (1)
9-3
80
3
2-0
5
Horizon (1)
12-1
70
5
2-0
6
Fruita Monument (1)
12-1
48
6
1-0
7
Fossil Ridge
10-3
42
8
2-0
8
Castle View
12-2
37
9
2-0
9
Lakewood
10-3
35
7
2-0
10
Cherry Creek
9-3
15
10
3-0
Others receiving votes:
Mountain Vista 13, Doherty 5, Fort Collins 4, Fairview 2, Columbine 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Pueblo West (13)
10-1
138
1
0-0
2
Golden (2)
12-1
109
2
2-1
3
Holy Family
11-2
99
5
2-0
4
Evergreen
11-1
92
3
2-0
5
Air Academy
11-1
84
6
2-0
6
Valor Christian
10-3
77
4
1-1
7
Mesa Ridge
8-2
62
8
3-0
8
Thomas Jefferson
12-1
59
7
2-0
9
Berthoud
12-1
27
9
1-1
10
D’Evelyn
9-4
20
–
2-0
Others receiving votes:
Windsor 19, Widefield 10, Mead 8, Pueblo County 6, Rifle 6, Centaurus 3, Skyview 3, The Classical Academy 2, Pueblo South 1.
Dropped out
Windsor (10).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Centauri (6)
11-0
100
1
2-0
2
St. Mary’s (5)
10-0
99
2
2-0
3
Colorado Springs Christian
9-2
68
3
3-0
4
Pagosa Springs
7-2
62
4
2-0
5
Lamar
8-2
60
6
3-0
6
Kent Denver
9-2
47
7
2-1
7
Resurrection Christian
9-1
46
8
3-0
8
Cedaredge
8-0
33
5
1-0
9
Sterling
5-4
20
10
2-0
10
University
8-2
17
9
0-1
Others receiving votes:
St. Mary’s Academy 14, Delta 8, Jefferson Academy 7, Moffat County 7, Lutheran 5, Weld Central 5, La Junta 3, Eaton 1, Manitou Springs 1, The Vanguard 1, DSST-College View 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Yuma (10)
8-0
118
1
1-0
2
Swink (2)
9-1
98
2
2-0
3
Limon
8-0
75
4
1-0
4
Wray
6-2
73
6
2-0
5
Holyoke
10-1
69
3
2-1
6
Simla
7-0
61
5
2-0
7
Del Norte
7-3
39
7
2-0
8
Ignacio
8-0
35
8
3-0
9
Vail Christian
10-0
29
9
2-0
10
Denver Christian
7-3
20
–
2-0
Others receiving votes:
Ellicott 12, Soroco 8, Haxtun 7, Highland 7, Colorado Springs School 5, Clear Creek 2, Burlington 1, Sanford 1.
Dropped out
Ellicott (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kit Carson (11)
7-0
128
1
0-0
2
Fleming
8-1
99
2
2-0
3
Briggsdale
8-1
97
3
2-0
4
Kim/Branson (2)
9-1
95
4
0-1
5
Sangre de Cristo
10-0
90
10
3-0
6
La Veta
7-1
51
7
2-0
7
Holly
8-2
40
9
2-0
8
Antonito
7-2
36
5
3-0
9
Eads
8-2
32
6
2-0
10
Heritage Christian
7-2
22
–
1-1
Others receiving votes:
McClave 20, North Park 17, Springfield 15, Cotopaxi 12, De Beque 8, Cheraw 5, Arickaree/Woodlin 2, Wiley 1.
Regis Jesuit claimed the top spot in this week’s Class 5A girls basketball rankings, the first since the sport returned from its annual winter break.
This week’s newcomers:
Fruita Monument (5A)
Thomas Jefferson (4A)
University and Sterling (3A)
Ellicott (2A)
Eads and La Veta (1A)
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, they are released each Monday.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Regis Jesuit (5)
7-2
96
2
1-0
2
Highlands Ranch (1)
9-3
94
1
4-2
3
Grandview (2)
7-3
93
3
4-2
4
Ralston Valley (1)
9-1
85
4
4-0
5
Horizon (1)
10-1
67
7
6-1
6
Fruita Monument (2)
11-1
45
–
3-0
7
Lakewood
8-3
43
5
2-1
8
Fossil Ridge
8-3
39
10
3-1
9
Castle View
10-2
38
6
3-2
10
Cherry Creek
6-3
29
9
4-2
Others receiving votes:
Fairview 12, Mountain Vista 7, Doherty 5, Denver East 3, Fort Collins 2, Chaparral 1, Columbine 1.
Dropped out
Fairview (8).
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Pueblo West (10)
10-1
160
1
5-1
2
Golden (6)
10-0
154
2
2-0
3
Evergreen
9-1
117
3
3-0
4
Valor Christian (2)
9-2
114
4
5-1
5
Holy Family
9-2
93
5
3-1
6
Air Academy
9-1
83
7
2-0
7
Thomas Jefferson
10-1
72
–
1-0
8
Mesa Ridge
5-2
52
6
1-0
9
Berthoud
11-0
50
10
3-0
10
Windsor
6-3
21
9
2-1
Others receiving votes:
Centaurus 17, Widefield 17, D’Evelyn 7, Greeley Central 6, Pueblo South 6, Rifle 6, Pueblo County 5, Mead 4, Standley Lake 3, Skyview 2, Pueblo East 1.
Dropped out
D’Evelyn (8).
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Centauri (7)
9-0
118
1
2-0
2
St. Mary’s (5)
8-0
117
2
2-0
3
Colorado Springs Christian (1)
6-2
88
3
2-2
4
Pagosa Springs
5-2
62
5
1-1
5
Cedaredge
7-0
60
10
1-0
6
Lamar
5-2
57
4
0-1
7
Kent Denver
7-1
44
6
0-0
8
Resurrection Christian
6-1
38
7
1-0
9
University
8-1
35
–
2-0
10
Sterling
3-4
16
–
1-0
Others receiving votes:
Delta 12, Manitou Springs 12, Alamosa 10, Eaton 10, Jefferson Academy 10, Lutheran 5, Weld Central 5, SkyView Academy 4, The Vanguard 4, La Junta 3, Moffat County 3, St. Mary’s Academy 1, DSST-College View 1.
Dropped out
Alamosa (8), Manitou Springs (9).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Yuma (10)
7-0
136
1
0-0
2
Swink (2)
7-1
104
2
2-0
3
Holyoke (2)
8-0
92
6
2-0
4
Limon
7-0
87
3
2-0
5
Simla
5-0
69
4
1-0
6
Wray
4-2
65
5
1–1
7
Del Norte
5-3
45
7
0-0
8
Ignacio
5-0
39
8
1-0
9
Vail Christian
8-0
27
9
2-0
10
Ellicott
6-0
25
–
1-0
Others receiving votes:
Colorado Springs School 15, Dayspring Christian 11, Denver Christian 10, Haxtun 9, Highland 9, Swallows Charter 9, Clear Creek 7, Soroco 3, Paonia 2, Vail Mountain 2, Lyons 1, Rocky Ford 1.
Dropped out
Haxtun (10).
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kit Carson (10)
7-0
109
1
2-0
2
Fleming
6-1
88
4
3-0
3
Briggsdale
6-1
80
3
1-0
4
Kim/Branson (2)
9-0
75
2
2-0
5
Antonito
4-2
65
7
0-1
6
Eads
6-2
49
–
2-0
7
La Veta
5-1
34
–
1-0
8
Springfield
4-3
27
9
0-1
9
Holly
6-2
23
6
0-0
10
Sangre de Cristo
7-0
22
5
2-0
Others receiving votes:
North Park 14, Wiley 14, Heritage Christian 12, Genoa-Hugo/Karval 10, South Baca 10, McClave 6, Cheraw 5, Cotopaxi 5, Nucla 5, Cheyenne Wells 4, Edison 2, Arickaree/Woodlin 1.
The 2017 all-state football teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.
These teams were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues, and then a vote of head coaches across the state.
Players were placed onto the first-team, second-team and honorable mention based upon the number of votes they received. In 5A-1A, spots were reserved for linemen and one kicker/punter, while 8-man reserved spots for linemen.
CHSAA does not determine who makes or doesn’t make the team; they are created entirely from the results of the coaches’ vote.
Grandview (5A), Evergreen (4A), Lamar (3A), Yuma (2A) and Kit Carson (1A) are each top-ranked teams in the preseason girls basketball rankings that were released on Monday.
All but Yuma are defending champions.
The rankings, voted upon by coaches and select media members, are the official polls of the Association. During the regular season, they are released each Monday.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
First-place votes are in parentheses.
Coaches and media members looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Grandview (6)
0-0
90
2
Cherry Creek
0-0
79
3
Regis Jesuit (2)
0-0
71
4
Lakewood (1)
0-0
65
5
Highlands Ranch (1)
0-0
64
6
Ralston Valley
0-0
48
7
Horizon
0-0
28
8
Fossil Ridge
0-0
19
9
Fairview
0-0
18
10
Castle View
0-0
13
Others receiving votes:
Arapahoe 10, ThunderRidge 10, Doherty 7, Eaglecrest 7, Poudre 5, Monarch 4, Broomfield 2, Fruita Monument 2, Legacy 2, Legend 2, Bear Creek 1, Chaparral 1, Grand Junction Central 1, Liberty 1.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Evergreen (14)
0-0
175
2
Pueblo South (2)
0-0
142
3
Pueblo West (1)
0-0
120
4
Golden (1)
0-0
115
5
Mesa Ridge
0-0
90
6
Windsor
0-0
75
7
Valor Christian
0-0
74
8
D’Evelyn
0-0
47
9
Holy Family
0-0
39
10
Air Academy
0-0
37
Others receiving votes:
Mullen 26, Rifle 14, Thomas Jefferson 11, George Washington 6, Discovery Canyon 5, Sierra 5, Littleton 2, Pueblo County 2, Pueblo East 2, The Classical Academy 2, Lewis-Palmer 1.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Lamar (5)
0-0
93
2
Centauri (2)
0-0
74
3
St. Mary’s (1)
0-0
66
4
Colorado Springs Christian
0-0
64
5
Pagosa Springs
0-0
56
6
Sterling (2)
0-0
54
7
Lutheran
0-0
34
8
Manitou Springs
0-0
30
9
Moffat County
0-0
16
10
Faith Christian
0-0
12
Others receiving votes:
Resurrection Christian 11, Liberty Common 9, Colorado Academy 6, La Junta 4, Bennett 3, Grand Valley 3, Jefferson Academy 3, Kent Denver 3, The Academy 2, Machebeuf 2, Salida 2, Brush 1, Eaton 1, Trinidad 1.
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Yuma (6)
0-0
77
2
Del Norte (1)
0-0
57
3
Wray
0-0
53
4
Swink
0-0
46
5
Paonia
0-0
34
6
Haxtun
0-0
30
7
Limon
0-0
27
8
Simla
0-0
24
9
Ignacio
0-0
21
10
Lyons
0-0
15
Others receiving votes:
Evangelical Christian 10, Holyoke 10, Akron 7, Denver Christian 6, Ellicott 5, Sanford 5, Clear Creek 4, Burlington 3, Highland 3, Soroco 2, Center 1.
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
1
Kit Carson (9)
0-0
90
2
Fleming
0-0
65
3
Briggsdale
0-0
62
4
Antonito
0-0
61
5
Kim/Branson
0-0
46
6
Eads
0-0
45
7
La Veta
0-0
28
8
Holly
0-0
18
9
Wiley
0-0
14
10
Springfield
0-0
11
Others receiving votes:
Genoa-Hugo/Karval 10, Heritage Christian 10, South Baca 10, Sangre de Cristo 7, Cheraw 5, Nucla 5, Cheyenne Wells 3, McClave 3, Edison 2.
DENVER — To start the volleyball season, Mountain Vista handed Cherry Creek one of its two losses on the year. To start the state tournament, the Bruins returned the favor.
Cherry Creek battled to a 21-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 15-7 win over the Golden Eagles, knock off the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A bracket. It was just one of many upsets across all five classifications on Friday at the Denver Coliseum.
Mountain Vista won the regular season opener between the two teams. That match also went to five sets.
“It was motivation to come in here and beat them,” coach Sally Moos said.
The Golden Eagles claimed the first set of the match, putting the Bruins into a quick hole. It was all tied up after two, but Mountain Vista again pulled ahead, putting Creek on the verge of defeat and losing any control over its own fate.
Even at that point, there was no panic from the Centennial League’s only representative at the tournament.
“I don’t think so,” junior outside hitter Katie Sherman said. “We were all just so into (the match) and we wanted to win it so bad.”
So they battled. The fourth set remained tight until Creek pulled away at the end. They came out in the fifth and dominated from the start, jumping out to a 11-3 lead.
Mountain Vista started to rally back, but the Sherman put down one last kill to give the Bruins control of Pool I.
“We wanted to win that so bad,” Sherman said. “They’re probably our biggest rival. We’re super excited.”
Cherry Creek finished the regular season with just two losses. The first came against the Golden Eagles. The second loss was back on Sept. 16 against Rock Canyon. Cherry Creek evened the score against Rocky Mountain in the Legend Tournament on Oct. 28.
The Bruins and the Lobos will play Saturday morning and a win by Creek means advancement to the semifinals.
“Rocky Mountain is a very good team, too,” Moos said. “We’ll do the same thing, we’ll battle back and forth.”
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Other upsets shake up the pools
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Denver East continued 5A’s upset trend in the third match of day when the No. 11-seeded Angels swept No. 2 Fossil Ridge, the defending champions.
The Angels, who are now 21-6 this season, swept the Sabercats 25-23, 25-22, 25-20.
“They stuck to the gameplan,” Denver East coach Tarah Olmstead said after the match. “They ran outside their comfort zone, which is what we are supposed to do every single day. We watch film on everybody here. We know what everybody does before we even know our own rotations. And they called it, they stayed on top.”
Denver East last advanced to the state tournament two years ago, but only two players remain from that team.
“What’s really tough is we have a ton of people who have never been here before,” Olmstead said. “We only have two people who have been here. And their eyes, when they’re walking in, are all over the place. So in order to keep them present, I said, ‘Look around, Snapchat, I don’t care what you have to do, do it right now. But the second we get in there, you are present and you are with each other, because that’s what everybody came to watch.’”
The Angels will have the chance to win their pool and advance to the semifinals by beating Chatfield on Saturday.
(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
And with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds already the victims of upsets, No. 10 Rock Canyon was looking to make it a hat trick against No. 3 Castle View.
The Jaguars fell behind 2-0 early, though both sets they lost were close. They battled back in the third to avoid the sweep and and evened things up after the fourth set.
With momentum on their side, they went into the fifth and deciding set believing they could get the win.
The Sabercats jumped out in front and seemingly had control with a 10-6 lead. But Rock Canyon had battled back to tie up the overall match, so coming back to tie the final set seemed like child’s play.
Down 14-11, the Jaguars rode a couple of key kills from Keeley Davis to pull even. Davis made the final kill to give the Jags a 16-14 win in the deciding set of the match.
“(Early on) it was just the nerves at state,” Davis said. “We have a lot of new people who are here in this big coliseum. I think once we set those nerves off and we started getting excited and being happy about things, we started getting less nervous.”
Rock Canyon will play Coronado Saturday morning and can advance to the 5A semifinals by winning that match.
In 1A, No. 9 Holly knocked off No. 4 McClave 3-2 to start the day, including 15-3 in the fifth set.
In 2A‘s first match of the day, No. 9 Denver Christian upset No. 4 Hoehne, 3-1.
Simla threw a second wrench into the 2A tourney when the No. 11 Cubs upset No. 2 Swink with a 25-16, 25-19, 25-15 sweep.
No. 5 Otis over No. 4 McClave in 1A, 3-1.
2A No. 6 Lyons beat No. 3 Dayspring Christian 3-1.
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Notables
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Buena Vista had probably the largest, and loudest, crowd of the day. The students at Buena Vista took a field trip to the Denver Coliseum on Friday. The school picked up the tab to get as many students as possible to support the Demons at state.
Kit Carson’s incredible run of not losing a set continued on Friday. The Wildcats swept Weldon Valley and Briggsdale, and have now won all 72 sets they’ve played this season.
Lewis-Palmer, the defending champion and No. 1 seed in 4A, extended its match winning streak to 56 with sweeps of Mullen and Roosevelt. The Rangers are ranked No. 5 nationally by MaxPreps.
Eaton is in search of a fifth-straight championship in 3A. The Reds opened their tournament with a 25-18, 25-20, 25-10 sweep of Platte Valley, and then swept Lamar in the evening.
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Semifinal berths clinched
Yuma won 2A’s Pool I with wins over Dolores and Rangely.
Niwot captured 4A’s Pool IV. The Cougars beat Discovery Canyon and Palmer Ridge.
Chaparral won Pool IV in 5A with wins over Fort Collins and Fruita Monument.
Kit Carson, after its two sweeps, clinched Pool I in 1A.
University won 3A’s Pool IV following wins over Middle Park and Resurrection Christian.
Lewis-Palmer will meet Niwot in the 4A semifinals after winning Pool I.
Fleming topped Genoa-Hugo and Springfield to win Pool II in 1A.
Eaton is back in the 3A semifinals following sweeps over Platte Valley and Lamar.
La Veta got wins over Sangre de Cristo and Wiley to win 1A’s Pool III.
Lutheran beat Sterling and Bennett in winning Pool II in 2A.
Valor Christian beat Cheyenne Mountain and Pueblo West as it won 4A’s Pool II.
Holy Family topped Ponderosa and D’Evelyn in winning Pool III in 4A.
Faith Christian beat Buena Vista and Valley is it won Pool III in 3A.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Also hosting first-round games are No. 2 Prairie, No. 3 Peetz, No. 4 Cheyenne Wells, No. 5 North Park, No. 6 La Veta, No. 7 Kit Carson and No. 8 Genoa-Hugo.
Defending champion Flagler, which played as Hi-Plains last season, did not make the field. Cheyenne Wells was runner-up in 2016.
All first round games will be played this Friday and Saturday. Quarterfinals will be completed by Nov. 4, and the semifinals are set to be played on Nov. 11.
The 6-man championship game is scheduled for Nov. 18 at a home site.
Voted upon by coaches and media members around the state. New voters can sign up by emailing rcasey@chsaa.org. These rankings have no bearing on postseason seeding.
Class 5A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Valor Christian (10)
7-0
100
1
W
2
Eaglecrest
7-0
87
2
W
3
Pomona
5-2
74
3
W
4
Regis Jesuit
6-1
68
4
W
5
Columbine
6-1
60
6
W
6
Cherry Creek
5-2
46
5
W
7
Grandview
5-2
37
8
W
8
Highlands Ranch
6-1
36
9
W
9
Fairview
6-1
19
10
W
10
Mullen
3-4
11
7
L
Others receiving votes:
Chaparral 5, Doherty 5, Lakewood 2.
Dropped out
None.
Class 4A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Ponderosa (9)
7-0
134
1
W
2
Pine Creek (4)
6-1
126
3
W
3
Chatfield (2)
6-1
123
2
W
4
Windsor
6-1
97
5
W
5
Loveland
7-0
85
4
W
6
Fruita Monument
7-0
77
8
W
7
Pueblo West
6-1
68
7
L
8
Monarch
6-1
54
6
L
9
Pueblo South
6-1
36
9
W
10
Skyline
6-1
16
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Rampart 4, Vista Ridge 3, Greeley West 1, Montrose 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 3A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Mead (9)
7-0
123
1
W
2
Palmer Ridge (3)
7-0
119
2
W
3
Erie
7-0
104
3
W
4
Harrison
7-0
65
4
W
5
Roosevelt
5-2
59
5
W
6
Evergreen
6-1
42
9
W
7
Longmont
4-3
35
7
W
8
Silver Creek
4-3
33
6
L
9
Canon City
6-1
24
–
W
10
Skyview
6-1
20
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Rifle 19, Berthoud 18, Palisade 16, Thomas Jefferson 10, Fort Morgan 9, Frederick 9, Alameda 4, Holy Family 3, Glenwood Springs 2, Discovery Canyon 1.
Dropped out
Berthoud (8).
Class 2A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Kent Denver (8)
7-0
115
1
W
2
Bayfield (4)
7-0
108
2
W
3
Platte Valley
7-0
94
3
W
4
La Junta
6-1
88
4
W
5
The Classical Academy
6-1
71
5
W
6
Sterling
5-2
47
6
W
7
Faith Christian
6-1
38
7
W
8
Basalt
6-1
35
8
W
9
Salida
6-1
27
9
W
10
Bishop Machebeuf
7-0
14
10
W
Others receiving votes:
Alamosa 10, Eaton 7, Aspen 5, Delta 1.
Dropped out
None.
Class 1A
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Bennett (9)
7-0
99
1
W
2
Meeker (1)
7-0
87
2
W
3
Centauri
7-0
78
3
W
4
Strasburg
6-1
74
4
W
5
Limon
6-1
53
5
W
6
Paonia
6-1
50
6
W
7
Crowley County
6-1
29
8
W
8
Platte Canyon
6-0
26
7
W
9
Burlington
5-2
22
9
W
10
Peyton
6-1
16
–
W
Others receiving votes:
Clear Creek 8, Monte Vista 4, Cornerstone Christian Academy 3, Colorado Springs Christian 1.
Dropped out
Clear Creek (10).
8-man
RK
TEAM
W-L
PTS
PVS
LW
1
Sedgwick County (10)
7-0
100
1
W
2
West Grand
7-0
83
2
W
3
Hoehne
6-1
69
4
W
4
Merino
6-1
62
3
L
5
Haxtun
6-1
59
5
W
6
Holly
5-1
43
6
W
7
Fowler
6-1
41
7
W
8
Gilpin County
6-1
40
8
W
9
Mancos
6-1
12
–
W
10
Sargent
4-3
10
9
W
Others receiving votes:
Dayspring Christian Academy 9, McClave 8, Caliche 4, Hayden 3, Soroco 3, Rocky Mountain Lutheran 2, Springfield 2.
